But, this is not the only thing related to this BBC adaptation of Jane Eyre. Remember this? The Times ask their readers what was their favourite show of the year. Now, we have the results:

No doubt about the people’s choice as the cultural event of 2006, after my appeal for suggestions in December. More than half of you cited Sandy Welch’s brilliant BBC TV adaptation of Jane Eyre. “I’ve never read the book,” says Sarah Connolly, of Co Armagh. “But after watching I ran to buy a copy and couldn’t put it down.”

A large part of the attraction lay in Toby Stephens’s performance as Rochester. “Every female I know is in love with him,” swoons Alice F, of Dartford, Kent; while for A. Black, of Leeds, it was “a case of ‘move over, Colin Firth; hello Toby Stephens’.”